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Tag Archives: horror
Dawn of the Home Video Revolution or Ernest Borgnine Made Me Do It!
The great Ernest Borgnine as the devil in The Devil’s Rain from 1975. This was one of those typical 70’s films that featured stalwart veterans like Mr Borgnine and Keenan Wynn, up-and-comers like John Travolta and down-and-outers like Ida Lupino … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 1970s, Ernest Borgnine, horror, Piper Laurie, Ruby, schlock horror movies, The Devil's Rain, Tower of Evil, VCR, VHS, William Shatner
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Dawn of the Home Video Revolution or I Was a Teenage Gorehound
Remember when Video Cassette Recorders were new? We got a Sears-branded, top loading, VHS machine around 1983 well after this 1978 ad appeared so I seriously doubt my Dad paid anywhere near $700 bucks for one. I remember the year … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged exploitation, gore, horror, mom-and-pop, Toolbox Murders, VCR, VHS, video store
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Sunday Matinee – Son of Ingagi
Thanks to the wonders of the Internet Archive, I have another oddity from the public domain for you, girls and boys. Today’s feature is Son of Ingagi (1940) which is listed as being the first science fiction horror film with … Continue reading
Sunday Matinee – The Atomic Brain
This film which was also known as Monstrosity is an utter piece of crap, but it’s one of those things that I saw on Dr. Shock when I was in grade school, and it remained lodged in some dusty corner … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee, News
Tagged 1964, brain, cat, horror, monster, movie, transpalnt
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Sunday Matinee
Hey, kids, it’s a new category – Sunday Matinee! Actually, I was curious to see how well the embed function from The Internet Archive works, and, as it turns out, it works very well! If you haven’t checked out the … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Movie Matinee, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged beach party, bikinis, horror, Malibu, monster, surfer chicks, terror
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Flee For Your Lives!!!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters was this year’s theme for Lloyd’s birthday party.
Posted in Drawer Cards, News
Tagged 1950s, ゴジラ, birthday, collage, crown, Drawer Cards, Godzilla, Gojira, horror, humor, Japan, Kaiju, monster, Photoshop, Tina Garceau
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Mommy Dearest II: The Revenge
While I was looking for sketches for my abandoned opus Gomer Pyle Goes to Viet Nam, I found this sketch for another possible DUCKWORK strip. This was either going to be Mommy Dearest II: The Revenge or Joan Crawford Has … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, Cartoon, cartoons, DUCKWORK, horror, humor, Joan Crawford, Joe Williams
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